However, the storm had weakened the mast, which collapsed in another storm later. The Caroline App is just 1.79 or equivalent price in your country. From there Bert Alting wrote: "in the mid-1970's I was living partly on a little room on the loft of a house and in the early evenings I tried never to miss the close-down of Radio Mi Amigo Caroline's sister station in those days and the daily opening of Radio Caroline. Caroline really got more and more attention after August 31, 1974, when the other offshore stations off the Dutch coast had to stop their transmissions, while Radio Caroline survived to please its listeners. On a national level, though, this figure is amazingly reliable; it's a national sample size of over 100,000 adults. Radio Caroline's transmission output was almost 20kW, achieved by linking two 10kW Continental Electronics transmitters. Without serious competition, Radio Caroline gained a regular daytime audience of some 7 million.[12]. Lincoln - Jaz Shelley and Alexis Markowski both put up big double-doubles to lead four Huskers in double figures, as the Nebraska women's basketball team rolled to an 80-64 win over Northwestern in front of more than 6,000 fans at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Sunday afternoon. [6] Caroline was broken up for scrap in 1972. Chris Evans, her Radio 2 predecessor, is on 869,000 for his Virgin Radio breakfast show (down from 1m in last available figures for Virgin in Q4); Virgin Radio has a weekly reach of 1.44m (1.62m . Its medium wave transmission was jammed by the UK authorities and on 13 June, RNI changed its name to Radio Caroline International with co-operation from Ronan O'Rahilly. Next to that we can listen in to Radio Caroline on internet and satellite. [39] Caroline returned to the air using a makeshift aerial with a less powerful signal. Community radio listening figures - do 10 million people tune in every week? After the MOB became law on August 15, 1967, we had to wait a long time for new offshore radio stations to arrive although we did have our Caroline stations up till March 1968. Reception at that hour was far more difficult than during daytime and so I did my utmost to get the best reception possible. Six weeks later, the BBC introduced its new national pop station Radio 1, modelled largely on the successful offshore station Radio London, and employed many of the ex-pirate DJs. The market size of the UK radio industry has reached 1 billion by the end of 2021. The four-week event was funded through on-air local business commercials. They were keen to see what this heating was like, with a view to installing it in their own home. Radio stations ranked by weekly reach in the United Kingdom (UK) as of 1st quarter 2020 (in 1,000 listeners) Listeners reached in thousands* BBC Radio 2 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 1 Classic FM. I remember wandering around that show house with my tranny on my arm. Radio Caroline finally stopped broadcasting from open waters in 1991 when the MV Ross Revenge lots its anchor in a storm and the crew had to be rescued by helicopter. On 12 June 2006, the station bought an EPG slot on Sky channel 0199. Following negotiations with the service provider, satellite transmissions ended at midnight on 30 September 2013. About - The Organisation. These stories continued and included co-operation by a former member of the Beatles[who?] "Walking down the King's Road" track by Squire "In a Chelsea drug store with some friends of mine, mini skirts, dolly birds and Radio Caroline". A well-nourished captain said they often failed to appear for a tender but he always got paid! The Caroline Countdown of Sound 6pm Mondays is rtracks from new albums but by long established and newer artists, many whose albums sell well or in these days have high streaming figures, and. Radio Caroline presenter Ray Clark remembers listening to Mr Damon as a nine-year-old on the radio. Only British content are transmitting through this station so far. A Fox News poll released on Sunday found Trump receiving 43 percent support while DeSantis, who's widely speculated to be gearing up for a White House run, received 28 percent, among a list of . and a sign-on date of 1 July; the station failed to appear. Over the following months, Caroline's signal quality improved as transmitting valves were donated and programming returned to normal. English Website 228 Listen live 3 Playlist Contacts Related radio stations Radio Caroline On the air Radio Caroline Flashback Radio Caroline Flashback playlist TOP songs on Radio Caroline Flashback When we started our series to commemorate the forty years of Radio Caroline, we asked the readers to write down their memories of the station in just a few lines. Includes Audio Types such as Podcasts, Live and Catch Up Radio, On Demand Music Services. Smedley's trial opened on 11 October at Chelmsford Assizes, where the jury acquitted him.[6]. Programmes were recorded on land and broadcast between 6a.m. and 7p.m. The station's slogan was Your all-day music station. [14] Presenters Tony Blackburn, Roger Gale, Ray Teret, Simon Dee, Tony Prince, Spangles Muldoon, Keith Skues, Johnnie Walker, Robbie Dale, Dave Lee Travis, Tommy Vance, Tom Edwards, Paul Noble, Bob Stewart and Andy Archer became well known. ", And then a small packet of Caroline's past was brought back by Mary Payne, director of the Radio London company which does a lot of work, including maintaining an excellent site on the history of Radio London together with her husband Chris. Caroline Hepker anchors Bloomberg Radio's 'Daybreak Europe' programme, on-air live from 6-10am weekday mornings. (i) 963 kHz: unformatted free-choice album format, with news. I took my radio to work and annoyed everyone by listening to RNI in Dutch on short-wave. RAJAR reserves the right to publish complaints along with their outcome on this page. The Dutch government banned unlicensed offshore radio on 1 September 1974. While on a trip to America, O'Rahilly had seen a picture of Ms Kennedy laughing and smiling as she sat in the footwell of her father's desk in the White House's Oval Office. In mid-September 1965, the crew and DJs on MV Mi Amigo were joined for the weekend by 1960s pop singer Sylvan Whittingham, who visited the ship to promote her single "We Don't Belong". [8] On a fund-raising trip to the U.S., O'Rahilly reportedly saw a Life magazine photograph of Kennedy and his children in the Oval Office that served as the inspiration for the name "Caroline Radio". Broadcasting Hours: 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. and 12 midnight to 2a.m. While 6 Music saw a 3.1 per cent dip in its quarter-on-quarter listening figures - pulling in 2.6million listeners - the station is still the UK's number one digital radio station. In the evenings on 963, some alternative music programmes were tried, including the reggae "Jamming 963", and in 1986 and early 1987, a progressive and indie rock programme called Caroline Overdrive hosted by Tom Anderson, Fergie McNeal, Andy Johnson, Stevie Lane, Mark Matthews, Kevin Turner, Peter Phillips, Mick Williams (a.k.a. The RAJAR Audio MIDAS Survey is designed to provide context and insight into how, when and where audio content is being consumed within this liberated environment; including device usage, activities, location, who listened with. "People who listened to NPR shows on the radio at home . It left Spain, with an incomplete studio, to avoid legal entanglements. [6] The Cheeta II was equipped for FM broadcasting, so it was fitted with the 10kW transmitter from the Mi Amigo, feeding a makeshift antenna. On 20 January 1966, the MV Mi Amigo lost its anchor in a storm, drifted and ran aground on the beach at Frinton-on-Sea. I can clearly recall "Pushover" by Etta James and "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)" by Betty Everett being two of the tracks. Radio Caroline's first programme, on 28 March 1964, was presented by Chris Moore. Whilst they were ultimately unable to stop it broadcasting because of the fact it was broadcasting from international waters the 1967 Marine, &c., Broadcasting (Offences) Act 1967 made it illegal for British subjects to associate with it. Radio Caroline lobbied against the Labour Party, for the Conservative Party and for the introduction of licensed commercial radio in the United Kingdom. General Radio Listening Statistics Since Radio Caroline could not find enough advertising, it shared its nominal 259-metre wavelength (actually 1187kHz or 253 metres) with Dutch-language pop stations. The pair's aim was to circumvent big record companies' control of the broadcast of popular music, as well as the stranglehold which the BBC then had on the airwaves. [53] This ended on 1 July 2011 after a failure to renegotiate costs with Sky and deciding not to pursue a Freesat EPG slot. Daytime programming was leased to a community radio service called Puketapu Radio on 756kHz.[75]. Officially, Radio Caroline was managed from offices in North America, with advertising from the US and Canada. On 1 October 1989, Radio Caroline restarted broadcasting from the Ross Revenge using makeshift equipment and low power, to retain the 558kHz frequency. Links would have been to the 603 and the 1242 kHz transmitters as before, but programmes would have taken on a slightly different slant. Janssen Launches Health Equity Campaign in Partnership with Award-Winning Radio Host D.L. The ship would be moved to a permanent mooring in Ramsgate Harbour with the Gold service, at the time called Coast, operating like the FM-services from Whitstable studios being moved onto the ship to become Radio Caroline. Since August 2000, Radio Caroline has also broadcast 24 hours a day via the internet and by the occasional restricted service licence. Brouwer intended to obtain an AM frequency from the Netherlands authorities in 2003 when its medium wave frequencies were reallocated. Boom Radio grows by 9,000 listeners from 233,000 to 242,000 but has a boom in hours - with average hours up from 7.8 to 10.1 and total hours up from 1.81m to 2.45m Times Radio drops by 135,000. Caroline returned on 9 March 1977 on 953kHz, actually 315 metres but announced as 319. Legal status unclear due to a need to conceal actual legal ownership. [60], From 31 March to 27 April 2014, a Caroline North tribute station, based on the Planet Lightship berthed in the Albert Dock complex on Liverpool's waterfront, broadcast locally on 87.7FM and on the internet. Since September 2015, Radio Caroline has been broadcasting 'live' for one weekend each month[59] as "Radio Caroline North" (with original DJs and a mixed 1960s, 1970s and 1980s music content and jingles) from its former home the MV Ross Revenge on the Blackwater Estuary in Essex, via Manx Radio's 1368kHz 20kW transmitter on the Isle of Man. However, in October 1987 a massive storm hit southern England, causing deaths and severe damage. In May 2017, Ofcom awarded the station an AM band community licence to broadcast to Suffolk and north Essex;[3] full-time broadcasting, via a previously redundant BBC World Service transmitter mast at Orford Ness, commenced on 22 December 2017.[4]. Great reads on Radio Caroline and Free Radio from the 1960's to the 1990's, including from Radio . In an extant photo, Caroline Kennedy and her brother, John F. Kennedy Jr., are apparently dancing in the Oval Office as their father looks on, an activity which O'Rahilly reportedly interpreted as a playful, jovial disruption of government. Former presenter Johnnie Walker said in an interview on NPR last year that O'Rahilly thought it was a 'wonderful image' of 'happiness and laughter disrupting the works of government'. The national digital station, which is owned by News UK's . They included Blackburn, who became the first to broadcast on Radio 1. The Quarterly Summary Report of all stations with added features. Radio Caroline - 2. This page was last edited on 1 March 2023, at 16:42. Our internet radio site was created for listing together the most popular online available radios of the UK, and to give easy and free access to them at the simplest way in one place. BBC Radio 4 had 10.48m listeners with 6.62m tuning in for The Today programme (Mon-Sat). On 4 May 2015, Radio Caroline started a 24-hour "Flashback" webstream[58] carrying "oldies" music and jingles. Hughley is partnering with Janssen to empower Black communities with information and encourage better self-advocacy for their health. iPhone Maker Plans $700 Million India Plant in Shift From China. Programmes were still heard on satellite until the provider replaced the signal with a 1kHz tone on the morning of 1 October 2013. Since the pandemic took hold in the United States, NPR's radio ratings have taken a nosedive. DJ Jack Spector, of the WMCA "Good Guys" in New York, regularly recorded for Radio Caroline. We were so amazed at the size of her mast, never having seen anything like it before. During mid-August 1989, authorities in several European countries carried out coordinated raids on houses, recording studios and offices believed to be used by Caroline. Reception area: North of England, Midlands, Ireland, Scotland and North Wales. At one time both stations were even claiming more than 8.8 million listeners each. Radio 1Xtra had 744k listeners, BBC Radio. The ship has working radio studios, from which both Caroline and BBC Essex have broadcast. ", Earlier this year I met Bob Le-Roi and of course we talked a lot about Radio Caroline. Radio Atlanta closed at 8p.m. that day. Around this time, O'Rahilly decided Caroline should adopt an album format similar to FM progressive rock stations in the US, an audience not catered for in Europe. Important information on how the survey works and who and what we measure. The bureauxs client must also be a RAJAR subscriber. Currently they also broadcast on DAB radio in certain areas of the UK: these services are part of the Ofcom small-scale DAB+ trials. Menu. Most Read. When the MV Caroline left for the Isle of Man, the Mi Amigo remained in Felixstowe. Markets. No one said it would be an easy or fast journey, but I, for one, can only see better things for the future. How we recruit respondents, sampling points and fieldwork in depth. BBC Radio 2 to air special show for Tony Blackburn's 80th birthday. Unhappy at the loss of advertising, Radio Mi Amigo terminated its contract with Caroline in November 1978 and broadcast from its own ship, the MV Magdalena later that year, but this was short-lived. Since November 2009 Radio Seagull can be heard periodically on 558kHz in London. [citation needed]. The only problem I had with it was the weight of it hanging on my arm my right arm is probably longer than my left one now and being able to find sufficient pocket money to buy the batteries! 18:03 GMT 28 Sep 2021. Radio Seagull became Radio Caroline on 23 February 1974, retaining the album format. Only the Caroline app has a live programme schedule, 'Now Playing' and multiple streams to suit most internet speeds. We're not leaving and disappearing, we're going onto the lifeboat hoping that the pumps can take it; if they can, we'll be back, if not, well, we really don't like to say it. [6] The TV operation was later found to be a publicity stunt.[24]. The Radio Caroline name was used to broadcast from international waters, using five different ships of three different owners, from 1964 to 1990, and via satellite from 1998 to 2013 (pictured:. In June 1990, Spectrum Radio, a new multi-ethnic community radio station in London, was officially allocated 558kHz. Ray Clark) and Rob Charles. The two stations were able to cover most of the British Isles. I always tried to get the best quality out of my car radio, while listening to the station and I always felt fed up when Caroline was off the air again, forcing me to tune in to the sound of Hilversum 3 the then so-called public pop station in the Netherlands. [45] The Ross Revenge was salvaged and brought into harbour in Dover, ending 27 years of Radio Caroline's unlicensed offshore career. Listen live to the world famous Radio Caroline on your iOS device. The fact is that the station is on air for twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week something I would have not thought possible not that long ago. The station was opened by DJ Tom Anderson, who had said "goodbye" from the sinking Mi Amigo in 1980. Several years later some of the seized items were returned to the station. In addition, we have used some data from our BBC and Commercial Stakeholders from their own independent case studies during lockdown and these are sourced accordingly. . The project not unexpectedly hit the quay side, but it would have been interesting should the plan have come to fruition. Between them, the stations were covering most of the British Isles. On 3 August 2021, Ofcom announced that it had granted a power increase to combat man made noise and interference, and to extend the coverage area to include Suffolk, northern parts of Essex, and parts of Kent and East Sussex. On 28 December, unpaid crew cut the Mi Amigo's generator fuel line and departed. Backed by wealthy investors which included Jocelyn Stevens of the popular Queen Magazine, the station was bizarrely named after Caroline Kennedy the daughter of assassinated US President John F Kennedy. [49] The LV 18 was later used by the BBC for Pirate BBC Essex broadcasts.[50]. Myriad factors contribute to the audience curve for radio . [16], On 20 June 1966, Smedley boarded the Shivering Sands Fort with 10 workmen to repossess a transmitter that he had supplied, but had not been paid for. Bubblegum Lemonade released "Caroline's Radio" in 2010 which was a nostalgic look back at listening to Radio Caroline. Situation: Ship 3 miles off Ramsey, Isle of Man. Latest releases and insightful stories into the radio industry. RAJAR stands for Radio Joint Audience Research and is the official body in charge of measuring radio audiences in the UK. I don't think Grandma saw her radio again till I managed to get a small tranny of my own to replace it. On this page we have collected a few exemplary ones. A licenced and registered bureaux that wishes to supply bureaux services using RAJAR data is permitted to do so. The Radio Caroline name was used to broadcast from international waters, using five different ships with three different owners, from 1964 to 1990, and via satellite from 1998 to 2013. Luckily, up till the end of last year, the station succeeded in selling a lot of airtime to American religious organisations. The next day, Calvert visited Smedley's home in Saffron Walden, Essex, to demand the departure of the raiders and the return of vital transmitter parts. In Happy Birthday Tony Blackburn: 80 Poptastic Years on Radio 2, Dermot O'Leary will talk to Tony about his life and career and surprises him with . Four studios were on board, enabling other broadcasting services. The Fredericia was renamed MV Caroline and anchored off Felixstowe, Suffolk, where it began test transmissions on Friday, 27 March 1964. However, Dutch Caroline failed to secure a high power AM frequency and the cable network service was discontinued because of lack of funds. In November 1991, the ship lost its anchor in a storm and drifted onto the Goodwin Sands in the Channel. Broadcasting hours were 6am to 6pm to avoid competition from Radio Luxembourg, which began transmissions at 6pm. Using land-based studios leased in Kent[51] in the late 1990s, the station began broadcasting via satellites Astra 19.2E and Eutelsat 28A, covering western Europe. Radio Caroline are committed to promote UK Culture, Music, News, Heritage, Tourism and many more through their . Furthermore, it was stated that the pirates' use of wavelengths also broke international agreements. I could never figure out if he was "high on life" or high on some of that famous Falls Head Herb usually found in the Overdrive studio, so John Bennett tells me. The survey also found that 18.1 per cent of radio listeners tuned in. Various: broadly according to era and frequency: 1960s: mainstream pop. [30] Radio Caroline returned to the air on 15 April 1979. On 19 August 1989, James Murphy, an investigator for the UK Office of the Official Solicitor, acting for the Department of Trade and Industry, joined colleagues and counterparts from the Netherlands Radio Regulatory Authority to execute an armed raid on the Ross Revenge in which equipment was damaged or confiscated. Comedian and award-winning radio host D.L. To remain in international waters, the ship moved to a new, less-sheltered anchorage. The Mi Amigo "Top 50" tapes were flown over by helicopter to get them on board more quickly. 50 kW (second 10 kW transmitter later added). "It was just so special and so different and worth fighting . Greg James' breakfast show on Radio 1 also saw an increase in listeners quarter-on-quarter. Radio Caroline Listeners' Top 100 Album Chart 1977 In late 76 listeners were invited to send in their top 10 all-time favourite albums, from which the chart was compiled. American Cancer Society Cancer Facts & Figures for African American/Black People. A coastguard vessel escorted the launch back to shore, but the authorities were unhappy that Caroline listeners had jammed the emergency switchboards. On 5 November 1990, lack of fuel and supplies forced the station to stop transmitting. On 3 March 1977, Caroline closed, announcing that it would return six days later on 319 metres. Meanwhile, Radio Mi Amigo had interference on 1562kHz and changed to 1412kHz (212 m). Whittingham was unable to leave on the tender when a storm arose. Radio Caroline broadcast appeals for help, giving the ship's position as .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}5141N 135E / 51.683N 1.583E / 51.683; 1.583. The two stations experimented with different frequencies. Alan even worked with Bob at Radio 1 on. Total listening hours for Talkradio were up 23% compared to the last quarter to reach 5.7m hours each week, while Times Radio's listening hours were up 16% to 3.6m hours weekly. The station hasn't the glamour anymore it had in its High Seas Days, but I'm still enjoying all the memories. I live in Wigan, just west of Manchester. . Zoe Ball, Greg James, Roman Kemp, Chris Evans and the Today programme are among the shows to have fewer listeners than the last time ratings were measured. (ii)576 kHz: continuation of above, with slightly more singles played. Radio Caroline was a real phenomen. But next to hearing other people talk about the subject, I never really had listened to the Sound of the Nation. Listen to Radio Caroline Flashback. Documents to detail all the latest market information. ", The next Caroline memory arrived from Groningen in the North East of the Netherlands. 68% of Brits listen to the radio at home. (Anderson): It's not a very good occasion really, we have to hurry this because the lifeboat is standing by. Ownership was hidden due to illegality of operation. BBC Radio 5 Live posted a reach of 5.89m listeners. O'Rahilly and Drummond were inspired by the Danish Radio Mercur, which in 1952 became the first station in the world to broadcast commercial radio from a vessel in international waters without permission from the authorities in the country that it broadcast to. This was all in the 1970's. MV Caroline sailed from Felixstowe to the Isle of Man, broadcasting as she went. [6] The first programme, which was pre-recorded, was hosted by Chris Moore. Obviously, we hope to be back with you as soon as possible, but just for the moment we would like to say goodbye. Radio Caroline was founded by Irish businessman Ronan O'Rahilly and George Drummond. His programme, which airs five days a week, rose from 4.3 million to 4.5 million listeners between the . Never miss a show by setting an alarm for when it is about to start, or if you do - listen to it later using our 'Listen Again . Her story illustrates how uniquely dangerous government regards an independent voice transmitted over unrestricted airwaves and to what ends it will go to silence it."[42]. At times, a 10kW transmitter was used to save fuel and relieve the generators. However, according to Gerry Bishop's book Offshore Radio this transmitter was antiquated and failed to work. European medium wave channels had been reallocated to multiples of nine. In 1990 the UK government amended the 1967 anti-offshore law to allow the boarding and silencing of stations in international waters if their signals could be received in the UK, even if their vessels were foreign-registered and operated. -1.04 -1.26%. [74], In Palmerston, Radio Caroline International, based in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, acquired an AM commercial broadcasting licence in 2008, and was seeking wavelengths in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. When Laser 558 went on the air in 1984 an audience of several million soon grew over a short period of a few months, resulting in dwindling audience figures for . The Mi Amigo's 160-foot (49m) mast remained erect for six years. The name was taken from Caroline Bay, a popular recreation area nearby. Radio Caroline broadcast 24 hours various song, hip hop music, clasic, etc. Most of Radio Caroline's pop music programmes were targeted at housewives, and some later programming was aimed at children. From the Radio Today site. However, the station has since moved online and continues to broadcast 24 hours a day. MV Ross Revenge weathered the storm in the North Sea. "Between December 26 and December 30, 1973, a friend and I went to Holland for a few days. Belgium had outlawed offshore radio in 1962 and prosecuted advertisers, cutting the station's revenue. Gradually Caroline is fighting its way back and I'm sure that once advertising is coming in, there will be no need for listener donations. Radio Caroline is the best UK online radio. Jan 27, 2022. Presentations were made to US advertising agencies. Research suggests that the average person hears between 20,000 and 30,000 words during the course of a 24-hour period. Over 90% of Caroline listening is 'background listening', in the sense that listeners are doing something else at the same time (so, for that matter is over 90% of Light Programme listening.
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